But rather than mope about a shambolic collapse in Sevilla that now threatens their Champions' League chances, the Reds skipper believes his men must learn from the humbling experience and ensure it never happens again.

Henderson knows a disastrous second half in Spain will inspire yet more accusations that Jurgen Klopp's team lack character, and have a soft defensive underbelly to their brilliant attacking game.

Yet despite the obvious disappointment of conceding three second half goals to Sevilla, the Anfield midfielder has tried to rally the troops and convince them a draw in Spain still leaves them with their fate in their own hands.

Henderson salutes the fans after the game (Image: Aitor Alcalde)

“I think we have to try and stay positive. If you look at the first half there were positives to take from the game,” he said after a stunning hurricane of a second half in Sevilla.

“Even in the second half we still had chances late on to go 4-2 up. But we have to learn from it as best we can and make sure that if we are ever in that position again (with such a good lead) it doesn't happen again.

“Look, we have let ourselves down. The performance in the second half undid all the good work we did in the first.

Henderson says Liverpool let themselves down (Image: Getty)

“We were disciplined, kept the ball at the right times, scored brilliant goals and defended well. Even though I thought they had good chances in the first half I thought we defended well.”

The latest collapse from Liverpool came after a run of four wins in which they scored 13 goals and conceded just one, to highlight once more the frailty that always seems to lurk even beneath their best periods of form.

Defensive issues were again the problem in Sevilla, with Alberto Moreno again culpable against his former club, and the entire team involved in a screwball, pinball comedy for the equaliser scored in the dying seconds of stoppage time.

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Yet as Henderson spoke after the game about the failings his side again presented in a depressing second half, he was still at pains to point out the positives from a performance that still gives Liverpool the upper hand in their Champions' League group.

“It just felt as though we didn’t start well in the second half, straight from the kick off, and we didn’t recover,” he said.

“They scored the first and the crowd got up. They started to have a good go and it becomes difficult then.

“We didn’t play as much as football as we should have, the biggest thing for us was we stopped playing, stopped getting the ball up to the front three, they were getting it back cheaply and it invites pressure.”

Sevilla celebrate their last-gasp draw (Image: Reuters)

On the surface, a point in Sevilla was a good result, because it leaves Liverpool requiring a win in their final game, at home, to top the group, and they would have taken that before the tournament kicked off.

Yet only Liverpool could turn that into something which felt like a disastrous defeat, and the Reds captain had to remind even himself that they remain in the strongest position ahead of the final round of matches.

“It doesn’t feel good but at the same time when we come to look at the table it is still in our own hands. We are top of the group, we have to try and stay positive.”